September 5, 1979
DID
YOU
HEAR
Gary L. Byrd, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Guy P. Byrd of R2,
Mount Joy, Pa. has been
promoted to the rank of
airman first class in the U.S.
Air Force.
Airman Byrd is an
electronic communications
and cryptographic equip-
ment systems specialist at
Robins Air Force Base, and
serves with a unit of the Air
Force Communications Ser-
vice.
Gary is a 1978 graduate of
Donegal High School, in
Mount Joy.
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Jeffrey L. Sheetz, 120 S.
Arnold St., Maytown, grad-
uated from The Penn State
University this summer with
a BS in Industrial Engineer-
ing.
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John P. Weidman, 240 S.
Market St., Mount Joy, also
graduated from Penn State
with a BS in Accounting.
(with distinction).
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Lloyd S. Myers has been
promoted to assistant vice
president of Farmers First
Bank.
Myers is currently the
manager of the Marietta
branch of Farmers First.
He is a graduate of
Chambersburg High School.
He has attended Messiah
College and completed the
Pennsylvania Bankers As-
sociation School of Banking
course at Bucknell Univer-
sity, and holds the Basic and
Standard certificates from
the American Institute of
Banking.
He is an active member of
the Cross Roads Brethren in
Christ Church, where he
serves as chairman of the
church board. He is also
treasurer of the Atlantic
Conference of Brethren in
Christ Churches.
He is a member of the
Lancaster Chapter of the
American Institute of Bank-
ing and has served on the
chapter’s Board of Govern-
ors.
Brownie ’ 323, Mount Joy,
plants crimson maple in Sico Park
Last Thursday evening
Brownie Troop 323 of Mount
Joy gathered in Sico Park,
first to watch their fathers
plant a tree and, then, form
a circle around the tree ana
formally dedicate its
planting.
The tree, a crimson king
maple, was purchased from
$75 the Brownies won for
taking first place in the
Memorial Day parade.
Trudie Houck, troop
leader, told the girls that a
crimson tree had been
selected so that it .could be
easily recognized. It was
placed in the center of the
park for the same reason,
since there are two other red
trees near the entrance. The
girls will be able to spot the
tree easily and watch it
grow, as they grow, said
Mrs. Houck.
A plaque will be placed in
front of the tree, noting that
it was planted by Troop 323.
Members of the Troop
are: Becky Bitzer, Martha
Bowers, Kelly Jo Bradley,
Kim Dyer, Beth Houck
Michelle Houck, Kim
Kling, Lori Leety, Kathy
Longnecker, Aime McCur-
dy, Amy Nentwig
Lisa Regina, Dawn Rider,
Melissa Struble, and Mich-
elle Suydam.
Break a record! Find 187 4-leaf
clovers in less than 10 minuites!
If you've always wanted
to break a world’s record,
here’s one to try your luck
at: Find more than 186
four-leaf clovers in only ten
minutes.
That’s the record set by
~Rob and Tom Culp, of
Denver, Col. according to
the current issue of Ranger
Rick’s Nature Magazine for
children. The two readers of
the National Wildlife Feder-
ation’s children’s monthly
stumbled upon a whole
patch of four-leaf clovers at
the, Hugh M. Danahy city,
park.in, North Glenn, Col. .
The Culp brothers have
notified the Guiness Book of
World Records of their
astonishing find and hope
their record will be made
“official” by that British
publication.
It is unusual but not
unheard-of for four-leaf
clovers to grow in clumps,
according to Ranger Rick’s
magazine. No one knows for
sure why some normal
three-leafed clover plants
grow four leaves. But some
scientists speculate that
poor, - dry -soil, too much
.' shade, or cold nights in
spring may produce the
four-leafed variety.
Of the 300 kinds of clover
in the world, the common
white clover is the most
frequent producer of four-
leaf plants, says Ranger
Rick. It was in a white clover
patch that the Culps made
their find.
How did the idea
originate that good fortune
befalls the finder of a
four-leaf clover? The Culp
brothers don’t know, but
figure that if there is any
truth to the rumor, they're
Trudy Houck is leader,
Betty Bitzer and Peggy
Suydam are assistant lead-
ers, and Melissa Houck is
junior aide.
SUSQUEHANNA TIMES—Page 3
Pack 136 holds first
committee
Pack 136 held their first
committee meeting at the
home of cubmaster Robert
W. Mark. Attending were
Victor Wolf, Charles Heaps,
Howard Haldeman, Ann
Mark, Carolyn Waltz, Lor-
etto Dimeler, Edna Wolf,
Dwayne Jenkins.
Dues will remain 25 cents
per week.
meeting
Den meetings will start
week of Sept. 10th.
Pack meeting will be at
Seiler School, Sept. 26th.
Tom Watt campaign will
start on Sept. 17th.
Next committee meeting
will be Sept. 24th, 7PM at
the home of Robert W.
Mark.
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